Ben Vadasz, the founder of Think! Social Media, met with a small group of town representatives Feb. 22 in advance of a larger and more public session on Feb. 26. Vadasz, who operates out of Vancouver, had some encouraging things to say about how the town and its businesses are poised to handle social media. He also had some constructive criticism to offer about how the town – and also the NWT – is missing the social media express.

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"... Lower still was the use of Twitter and some of the other forms of social media, including Trip Advisor, one of the monster entities in the field, he said.

He pointed to some entries on the Trip Advisor forums for Inuvik and the NWT, including a question from a prospective visitor wondering if it was possible to drive to Inuvik. Luckily, several local people had hopped on the forum to answer the question in the affirmative. Vadasz said he's seen cases where questions have been left unanswered for months at a time.

June 7, 2017 - Occupational Health and Safety Specialist - Located in Yellowknife and reporting to the Director, Shared Corporate Services, the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Specialist is responsible

Indigenous women also continue to be over-represented in justice system, says Statistics Canada report CBC News, June 6, 2017 The homicide rate for Indigenous females between 2001 and 2015 was nearly six times higher than that for non-Indigenous females, according to a new study by Statistics Canada. The difference in rates was most notable in the territories and…

OTTAWA, ON--(Marketwired - June 09, 2017) - At the prestigious new headquarters of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society on Sussex Drive, the Society's CEO, John Geiger, announced Canadian Geographic's new project, The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada. For Geiger, atlases are great tools to bring people together for

Bearded, shaggy and 20 kilograms lighter, 26-year-old Kristoffer Glestad is slowly readjusting to urban life after six months living out his childhood dream alone in the remote wilderness of the Northwest Territories.

Wildlife filmmaker Jeff Turner travels to Wood Buffalo National Park to witness the one place on earth where wolves prey on buffalo.

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Wildlife filmmaker Jeff Turner travels to Wood Buffalo National Park to witness the one place on earth where wolves prey on buffalo. [excerpt] A pack of wolves is hunting a small herd of buffalo across a frozen landscape. It's a scene out of the ancient past, when buffalo and wolves once roamed the plains of North America. However this location is in northern Canada in Wood Buffalo National Park where this ancient relationship has continued uninterrupted for thousands of years. Wolves and Buffalo follows the fortunes of one pack of wolves, the Delta Pack. Will the pups survive their first year? Will the packs alpha animals retain their pack position to breed again next year? As they try to bring down the buffalo to keep themselves and their new pups alive what will the future hold for these ancient warriors? Observing wolves in their natural environment is never easy but wildlife filmmaker Jeff Turner has had more luck than most over the years. More than 20 years ago he first went to Wood Buffalo Park and filmed an event between these two species that had not been seen for more than a hundred years: wolves hunting buffalo. Due to recent industrial energy developments in northern Canada Jeff is returning to learn more about their unique relationship and what the future holds for both wolves and buffalo. [...] http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/episodes/wolves-and-buffalo

Northwest Territories singer-songwriter Mary Caroline trades her cabin on the Liard River for life as VIA Rail's "artist on board".

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“Basically I get a free train ride, then I play shows on the train and at certain stations,” Caroline told Moose FM from Belleville station, in Ontario, on Monday. She started in Halifax a day earlier.

“I played four shows yesterday on the train and it was very cool – I met lots of people.

“I’m playing a lot of stuff off my new album to promote it, some cover songs too, and some train-based songs like Folsom Prison Blues and House of the Rising Sun. Those are the two I have so far – maybe I’ll learn some more before the end of my adventure.”

The program has been running since 2009 – artists interested in taking part have to meet a few criteria and fill out a form to be considered.

1. Fort Smith, Northwest Territories: Fort Smith deserves a place on the bucket list if for no other reason than it is a gateway to the remote, spectacular World Heritage Site, Wood Buffalo National Park.

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